Lobbyist Sought $9 Million to Set Bush Meeting - New York Times

Lobbyist Sought $9 Million to Set Bush Meeting - New York Times:

"November 10, 2005

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 - The lobbyist Jack Abramoff asked for $9 million in 2003 from the president of a West African nation to arrange a meeting with President Bush and directed his fees to a Maryland company now under federal scrutiny, according to newly disclosed documents.

The African leader, President Omar Bongo of Gabon, met with President Bush in the Oval Office on May 26, 2004, 10 months after Mr. Abramoff made the offer."